unresponsiveness

Until now, tests have only been carried out when parents have become concerned at their child's unresponsiveness - by which time the damage could already have been done

Then it happened, and our tepid prehistory was, quite literally, forgotten beyond a lingering embarrassment at my own callow unresponsiveness.

First, the excessive concentration of arbitrary powers, inclusive of the supervision of the police, in the hands of appointed sub-sovereigns with no local roots contributed to unresponsiveness and inertia.